Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'merely some with only archers for for likely'.
Other Suggestions:
mirela some with only archers for for like
mercy some with only archer for for like
merely some with only archery for for like
mercy some with only archery for for like
meriele some with only arches for for likely
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
existence of deities; they merely see the gods as mercurial and ultimately unworthy of adoration. The Leonin and the Gods table suggests the range of attitudes that leonin might adopt toward the gods
personal names, leonin identify themselves by their pride. A member of the Flintclaw pride with the personal name of Ziore, for example, would likely style herself as Ziore of the Flintclaw.
Female Names
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
good that even if some people you meet have heard of your homeland, they know merely the name and perhaps a few outrageous stories. You have come to this part of Faerûn for your own reasons, which
;
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, PerceptionTool Proficiencies: Any one musical instrument or gaming set of your choice, likely something native to your homelandLanguages: Any one of your
Wizard
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
. Some aspire to become like the gods, shaping reality itself. Though the casting of a typical spell requires merely the utterance of a few strange words, fleeting gestures, and sometimes a pinch or
the fey) that are steeped in magic.
The Lure of Knowledge
Wizards’ lives are seldom mundane. The closest a wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer in a
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
use by the faction’s operatives), haven keepers, and message drop minders, to name a few. At the core of every faction are those who don’t merely fulfill a small function for that
clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Factions of the Sword Coast
The lack of large, centralized governments in the North and along the Sword Coast is likely directly responsible for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
leather now. At their feet lay obsidian spearheads and bits of rotted wooden shafts. Behind these figures are archers, in a scattered formation. Few of them remain standing. Their arrows are gone, but they
shut with a pitted copper bar so that it can’t be opened from the outside. From inside this room, one has merely to remove the bar.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
betters. Many dread names are included in the rolls of the archdevils; the few described here are among those that adventurers are most likely to encounter. Wish Fulfillment. All devils seek control
, Moloch — they are pawns. Even the lords of layers such as Zariel and Mammon are merely more powerful pieces. Archdevils may make dramatic moves, but it is Asmodeus who plays the game best.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
have merged the Xanathar Guild and the Zhentarim into a single criminal organization. Although the Zhents didn’t steal the Stone of Golorr, Xanathar believes they did. Once content to merely possess
so in Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. In that adventure, the characters are most likely to approach the beholder’s lair from Skullport (see area X4 for details). As they explore Xanathar’s lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the beholder’s genius-level intelligence. Where another creature would ignore the occurrence of two seemingly unrelated events as merely coincidental, a beholder imagines multiple ways they could be
, a beholder is truly prepared for any situation and has a strategy to counteract it. A beholder has plans on top of plans, even for the least likely circumstances. It doesn’t matter if invading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
-or-flight situation, leading to one or more characters becoming fugitives. If the party includes one or more characters who aren’t lawful, such an outcome is likely. To mitigate this drawback, you
might allow fugitive characters to forge alliances with NPCs who can help clear their names. If the threat of arrest becomes tedious, you can switch to the second approach, which is to merely inform the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
are good that even if some people you meet have heard of your homeland, they know merely the name and perhaps a few outrageous stories. You have come to this part of Faerûn for your own reasons, which
: Insight, Perception Tool Proficiencies: Any one musical instrument or gaming set of your choice, likely something native to your homeland Languages: Any one of your choice Equipment: One set of traveler’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Warlords of the Avernian Wastelands As the characters cross the wastelands of Avernus, they will likely run afoul of petty warlords scavenging for soul coins and scrap metal to fuel and repair their
inevitably rises to take its place. Bitter Breath, Feonor, and Princeps Kovik are merely the latest in a long series of warlords to plague the Avernian expanse. If Zariel wasn’t so busy fighting the Blood War
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
academic mark, the Research Assistant’s fate is likely tied up in the success of another scholar or a specific project. Alternatively, the Research Assistant might just be along for the ride, helping a
professor merely to pass a course. Regardless, such characters might come from any class or background and could have skills gathered from experiences far outside the academic sphere. While there are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
simply being scooped up and carted away. Treasure-seekers are likely to fare better if they consider a hag’s booty to be trapped, exercising caution rather than giving in to greed or curiosity
. Manipulating a container or other item without knowing what’s inside or what it does (or without knowing the proper password or technique) is likely to be very dangerous. At best, whatever was held in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
personal dislike of Lord Neverember has nothing to do with my assessment of his leadership; I merely find him an intolerable flirt.) Neverember’s influence radiates outward from the Protector’s
to all manner of gods have been cobbled together in every corner of the city. View Player Version As the city restores itself, there are likely to be requests for ennoblement and the privileges that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
discussed in this section. A creature affected by such a curse should know why they’re being punished and be able to learn how to end their curse, likely by symbolically righting the wrong they
committed. How a spell like Remove Curse affects a curse that’s part of your adventure is up to you—the spell might merely suppress the effects of the curse for a time. Regardless, narrative curses should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
know why they’re being punished and be able to learn how to end their curse, likely by symbolically righting the wrong they committed. How a spell like Remove Curse affects a curse that’s part of your
adventure is up to you—the spell might merely suppress the effects of the curse for a time. Regardless, narrative curses should feel like rare, potent magic rooted in the lore of your campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
that once a year I permanently eat a small part of your life. I must be worn before I can leave this room; merely carrying me away is not possible. If ever I am removed from my wearer’s finger
ring? Will they be suspicious enough to simply leave it alone? If they take time to think about it, they’ll likely realize that the ring must be a hoax. Someone who puts it on can cause it to exhibit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
its sleeping area with marvelous tapestries, and adorning itself and its sanctum with powerful magic items. Its fear of conspiracies is merely dormant, though, not absent. From time to time it is
because they aren’t a physical threat to it or the guild. It is hesitant to form alliances with other powerful groups, and is likely to break off ties with a new ally if it senses even a hint of betrayal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
before a simple log table and wood rack used in dressing animals. Several hunting blinds lie hidden in the forest surrounding the shrine. From these camouflaged posts archers keep watch for game and
threats. Map 4.11: Forest Shrine View Player Version Forest Shrine Villains Villains in a forest shrine are likely either trying to destroy nature or using the power of the natural world to harm others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the characters likely have no firsthand experience of a goristro, they recognize the creature from the information provided to them by Vizeran DeVir. As you move forward, the sounds of furious battle
claws, but to no avail. Yeenoghu evades or shrugs off its attacks, even as gnoll archers pepper it with arrows. Then the gnolls swarm the goristro as it begins to falter, bringing it crashing to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
initial volley of boulders. Their job is to distract the town’s defenders and engage enemy archers in melee combat. The axe beaks act on the orcs’ initiative count. Rules for mounted combat can be found
Merrymeadow Ranch and Broken Yoke Ranch to ascertain the extent of the danger and aid the ranchers. These attacks are merely distractions. While the Twelve are away, the fire giants attack from the northeast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
defy her father? Was Glasya’s rise to power an unforeseen benefit of her machinations, or is it a great embarrassment to Asmodeus? Likely only the two of them know the truth. DEVILS AND GENDER
To a
that provided the soul is immaterial. Devils that represent themselves to mortals are likely to adopt an appearance (including an apparent gender) that conforms with what those mortals believe to be true
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
claws, and an articulated shell covering her shoulders. Blibdoolpoolp was likely invented by a kuo-toa that improved on a broken human statue by adding the limbs and head of a crustacean. In sudden
awe of its handiwork, it then named the resulting form a god. Kuo-toa that cross paths with an aboleth often find themselves worshiping it as a god, unaware to the fact that the aboleth is merely using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
that humans do, but after many of their prides suffered depravities at the hands of the tyrant Agnomakhos, most leonin rejected the gods. It’s not that they deny the existence of deities; they merely see
Leonin Names Along with their personal names, leonin identify themselves by their pride. A member of the Flintclaw pride with the personal name of Ziore, for example, would likely style herself as Ziore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
not go stand titanic menhirs, likely erected by stone giants. The folk of Hartsvale are ruled by House Hartwick, a line of royals supposedly descended from Hartkiller. Though human, House Hartwick’s
isn’t merely the high mountains around the vale that hold dangers. Though the valley has scattered settlements, all of Hartsvale can hardly be considered civilized. In my time traveling these lands (with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
muster for war, rather than merely staging occasional raids, they take no prisoners. Their goal is nothing less than the annihilation of their foes — and they reserve their greatest animosity for
others of their kind. If two groups of firenewts come upon each other, it’s likely that they’re in competition for the same territory, and a bloody battle is the usual result. ’Tis always a fight to death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of the city, this means not merely the ability to carry a weapon, but the right to retain up to seventy equipped soldiers. These soldiers always wear a house’s colors and the house’s “arms of grace
yourself in a bustling city, you’re likely to spot a wonderful variety of folk. You hear words in languages utterly foreign to you, and you smell dishes both delectable and strange. Waterdeep is the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
coins of long-lost, legendary lands and centers of great magic are honored, though those who find them are wise to sell them to collectors rather than merely spending them in markets. The coins of the
(usually silver) likely to be accepted by virtually anyone. Trade bars are stamped or graven with the symbol of the trading company or government that originally crafted them. These bars are valued
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Encounters Often, a dragon who is merely hungry is perceived as angry. The outcome for the observing creatures is the same, but I think it’s important to clarify motives.
-Fizban
Whether
a dragon’s lair is more likely to mean a fight to the death, since the dragon will be less keen on fleeing an encounter that goes badly and more determined to hunt down adventurers who flee after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
halflings, and particularly halfling adventurers, has likely witnessed the storied “luck of the halflings” in action. When a halfling is in mortal danger, it seems as though an unseen force intervenes
politely they would as an elf visitor. This openness doesn’t extend all the way to naiveté. Halflings won’t be taken in by merely a promise of good intentions, and their instinct for self-preservation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
duergar. Eldeth wants to get back home, but she is also defiant and self sacrificing — and therefore among the most likely prisoners to perish before getting the opportunity. If that happens, Eldeth
bout of madness, and his health and sanity continue to deteriorate as the spores grow within his brain. Shuushar the Awakened A kuo-toa, Shuushar is likely to be one of the more unusual creatures any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
front of the castle gates.
Two goblins occupy each of these two rooms. By taking turns shooting arrows and ducking back, both archers can fire each round at targets outside. When characters enter the
room, the goblins drop their shortbows and draw their melee weapons. Awarding Experience Points Divide 100 XP equally among the characters for each pair of goblin archers the party defeats. 4. Ruined
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
who have “retired” to military life. In both the Upper and Lower Cities, the underworld is controlled by a shadowy group known merely as the Guild. The dukes don’t acknowledge the power of this group
in order to keep up appearances with their fellow patriars. Most would say that the lives of patriars are marked by luxury and decadence, and for a great many of them, this is likely true. However
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
explorers is likely to be killed outright. Food is sparse in this region, with the forests long since vanished, and as a result the elves of Elfharrow fiercely protect the herds of animals they have
its share of noble intrigue and royal murder, and adventurers who are native to Tethyr or merely passing through that land are often drawn into such plots, either as unwitting accomplices or as easy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the creator of worlds, and other gods merely populated the worlds Annam made with peoples of their own creation. Such myths often describe an ancient era when giants were the only people inhabiting the
so disparate that it’s possible two gods exist with the same name. More likely, the confusion surrounding his nature and identity is a result of his own duplicity. In most myths, Memnor is constantly